# Copyright (c) 2007 Chris Moyer http://coredumped.org
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from ds import DataSource

class Gauge(DataSource):
	"""
	This is for things like temperatures or number of people in a 
	room or the value of a RedHat share

	This class is the specific GAUGE data source, 
	it requires four arugments:
	Name: The name of this DS
	Heartbeat: How often we must be updated before we are "unknown" default 300 seconds
	Min: Minimum value to be stored. Default 0
	Max: Maximum value to be stored. Default None (unbounded)
	"""
	def __init__(self, name, hb=300, min=0, max=None):
		self.name = name
		self.type = "GAUGE"

		if(min is None):
			min = "U"
		if(max is None):
			max = "U"

		self.arguments=str(hb)+":"+str(min)+":"+str(max)
